Last edited 01/03/2012

WE ARE STARS! WATCH US SHINE!

 

JANUARY

 

I would like to thank all of my students and their families for the cards, gifts and contributions to the Teacher's Purse. I truly appreciate your kindness and generosity.

You are all in my prayers throughout this Christmas Season. May God bless you all!

ITEMS OF INTEREST

 

  • Great article for parents:

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  • Please send in travel size personal health care items (like you get at a hotel) for our Stewardship Project.

  • Interested in volunteer work?  Would you like to help your child's class and teacher by volunteering?  Crayons to Computers is a non-profit organization that accepts donations from area businesses for the benefit of teachers.  For every 3 hours of volunteer work I do, or a parent does for me, I receive a ticket to shop, FOR FREE!  If interested, please check out the link below.  (It's actually fun!)  Thanks! 

                                                                                                            Crayons 2 Computers

     

  • Be sure to check out the PowerPoint presentations at the end of this page!

 

 

 

THIRD GRADE SERVICE PROJECTS

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”

                                               Mother Teresa 

 

1.       Personal Health Care Bags and Letters  

WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ITEMS YOU COLLECT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

                

Please send in travel size personal health care products (shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.).

These are the type you might get in a hotel when you travel. Please ask friends, neighbors and other family member to collect these for you. Bring them in anytime – we will collect them until late spring when we will write notes and create the individual bags. The bags will be donated through the parish to appropriate organizations.

 

2. Thanksgiving Dinner Collection

We helped the Student Council create dinner for those in need. The third grade provided mashed potatoes. Thank you for your generosity.

3. Cards for Senior Citizens

We created Christmas cards and bookmarks for senior citizens in our parish to wish them joy during the Christmas season.

4. Lend A Helping Hand

We completed acts of kindness for the people who are part of our lives everyday.

5. Epiphany Toy Collection

We are collecting toys through the Spanish classes for needy children. The presents will be sent to  several organizations including: Su Casa Center in St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Santa Maria Center, St. Julie Billiard Center, Beech Acres Foster Home Program, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority Residents Programs and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati, among others. These organizations will distribute the toys among the many disadvantaged children they serve.

The toy donation is not mandatory but it could give our students another mission opportunity. Every little bit helps and this donation could be very meaningful to many families.

 

 

 

 

LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY!!!!

RELIGION

ADVENT CALENDAR

Click on link below and complete the activities. Print, color in each square as you complete it, return with parent signature after Christmas Break.

Advent Calendar for Children

In Unit 1 your child will grow as a disciple of Jesus by:

*understanding that the Son of God became one of us and showed us how to live

*helping to spread the Kingdom of God as Jesus asked us to do

*recognizing that Jesus dies, has risen, and will come again

*appreciating that the Holy Spirit came to the disciples on Pentecost and continues to help the Church

*following the example of the Apostles and our other ancestors in faith in leading lives of service and holiness

We will also begin to study the Liturgical Year and the Liturgical Seasons. We will work on this throughout the rest of the year.

Check out Religion Activities that correlate with our textbook.

Religion Activities

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE THIRD GRADE SERVICE PROJECTS.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPELLING: Students will learn to spell the months of the year, their abbreviations and put them in the correct order.

Check out Spelling Activities that correlate with our word lists.

SPELLING CITY

READING:

WRITING: We work on writing daily with Journal Station. Parents will have the opportunity to review their child's journal approximately once a month.

 

 

 

MATH

Chapter 3: Students will:

*understand the value of dollars, dimes and pennies

*name and count coins and bills

*make change from a given amount

*compare amounts of money

*round money to the nearest dollar and the nearest ten dollars

WE WILL BEGIN TO PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS AS WE WORK ON OTHER SKILLS.

Be sure to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts nightly for speed. Students should not be counting on fingers at this point.

 

Computer Activities From Our Textbook

SCIENCE

SEE MS. WILSON'S SITE

SOCIAL STUDIES

SEE MISS KITCHIN'S SITE

WEBSITES FOR KIDS

 

Yahooligans

Aplus Math

Primary Games

PBS Kids/Arthur

Spin and Spell

Scholastic Games

Maggie's Learning Adventures Home

Liturgical Calendar

All Math

Postal Museum

My Math Hero

Math Practice 

SCHEDULE FOR 3H

Monday - Computer

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Spanish

Thursday - Gym

Friday - Art and Library

 Third Grade PowerPoint

 

CLASS RULES

Class Rules PowerPoint

 

 

 

ALL ABOUT MRS. HOFFMANN!

*BORN IN CINCINNATI

*RAISED IN ANDERSON TOWNSHIP

*ATTENDED GUARDIAN ANGELS AND URSULINE ACADEMY

*ATTENDED ST. XAVIER COLLEGE (CHICAGO) AND XAVIER UNIVERSITY (CINCINNATI)

*MARRIED TO JOHN (CHIP)

*THREE CHILDREN (READE, EMILY, RACHEL)

*TWO PETS: GRACE (DOG), ASHES (CAT)

*TAUGHT AT ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEWTOWN ELEMENTARY, ST. THERESE (SOUTHGATE, KY.) AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

*FIRST GRANDCHILD BORN DECEMBER 23, 2011 (RYLEIGH)

      

Mrs. Hoffmann's Family

       click on photos to enlarge

November 5, 2011

 

December 23, 2010

My grand puppies: Penny Lane, Roxie, and Mia

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffmann

 

 

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